The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 150 species of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae. In addition to the 88 species whose name includes "cuckoo", the family includes anis, roadrunners, coucals, couas, malkohas, and koels. They are distributed among 33 genera, some of which have only one species. Two extinct species (E), the snail-eating coua and the St. Helena cuckoo, are included.[1]

This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.

Common nameBinomial name + authorityIOC sequence
Guira cuckooGuira guira (Gmelin, JF, 1788)1
Greater aniCrotophaga major Gmelin, JF, 17882
Smooth-billed aniCrotophaga ani Linnaeus, 17583
Groove-billed aniCrotophaga sulcirostris Swainson, 18274
Striped cuckooTapera naevia (Linnaeus, 1766)5
Pheasant cuckooDromococcyx phasianellus (Spix, 1824)6
Pavonine cuckooDromococcyx pavoninus Pelzeln, 18707
Lesser ground cuckooMorococcyx erythropygus (Lesson, RP, 1842)8
Greater roadrunnerGeococcyx californianus (Lesson, RP, 1829)9
Lesser roadrunnerGeococcyx velox (Wagner, 1836)10
Rufous-vented ground cuckooNeomorphus geoffroyi (Temminck, 1820)11
Scaled ground cuckooNeomorphus squamiger Todd, 192512
Banded ground cuckooNeomorphus radiolosus Sclater, PL & Salvin, 187813
Rufous-winged ground cuckooNeomorphus rufipennis (Gray, GR, 1849)14
Red-billed ground cuckooNeomorphus pucheranii (Deville, 1851)15
Buff-headed coucalCentropus milo Gould, 185616
White-necked coucalCentropus ateralbus Lesson, RP, 182617
Ivory-billed coucalCentropus menbeki Lesson, RP & Garnot, 182818
Biak coucalCentropus chalybeus (Salvadori, 1876)19
Rufous coucalCentropus unirufus (Cabanis & Heine, 1863)20
Green-billed coucalCentropus chlororhynchos Blyth, 184921
Black-faced coucalCentropus melanops Lesson, RP, 183022
Black-hooded coucalCentropus steerii Bourns & Worcester, 189423
Short-toed coucalCentropus rectunguis Strickland, 184724
Bay coucalCentropus celebensis Quoy & Gaimard, 183225
Gabon coucalCentropus anselli Sharpe, 187426
Black-throated coucalCentropus leucogaster (Leach, 1814)27
Senegal coucalCentropus senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766)28
Blue-headed coucalCentropus monachus Rüppell, 183729
Coppery-tailed coucalCentropus cupreicaudus Reichenow, 189630
White-browed coucalCentropus superciliosus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 182931
Burchell's coucalCentropus burchellii Swainson, 183832
Sunda coucalCentropus nigrorufus (Cuvier, 1816)33
Greater coucalCentropus sinensis (Stephens, 1815)34
Malagasy coucalCentropus toulou (Müller, PLS, 1776)35
Goliath coucalCentropus goliath Bonaparte, 185036
Black coucalCentropus grillii Hartlaub, 186137
Philippine coucalCentropus viridis (Scopoli, 1786)38
Lesser coucalCentropus bengalensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788)39
Violaceous coucalCentropus violaceus Quoy & Gaimard, 183240
Black-billed coucalCentropus bernsteini Schlegel, 186641
Kai coucalCentropus spilopterus Gray, GR, 185842
Pheasant coucalCentropus phasianinus (Latham, 1801)43
Andaman coucalCentropus andamanensis Beavan, 186744
Bornean ground cuckooCarpococcyx radiceus (Temminck, 1832)45
Sumatran ground cuckooCarpococcyx viridis Salvadori, 187946
Coral-billed ground cuckooCarpococcyx renauldi Oustalet, 189647
Snail-eating couaCoua delalandei (Temminck, 1827) (E)48
Crested couaCoua cristata (Linnaeus, 1766)49
Verreaux's couaCoua verreauxi Grandidier, A, 186750
Blue couaCoua caerulea (Linnaeus, 1766)51
Red-capped couaCoua ruficeps Gray, GR, 184652
Red-fronted couaCoua reynaudii Pucheran, 184553
Coquerel's couaCoua coquereli Grandidier, A, 186754
Running couaCoua cursor Grandidier, A, 186755
Giant couaCoua gigas (Boddaert, 1783)56
Red-breasted couaCoua serriana Pucheran, 184557
Raffles's malkohaRhinortha chlorophaea (Raffles, 1822)58
Blue malkohaCeuthmochares aereus (Vieillot, 1817)59
Green malkohaCeuthmochares australis Sharpe, 187360
Sirkeer malkohaTaccocua leschenaultii Lesson, RP, 183061
Red-billed malkohaZanclostomus javanicus (Horsfield, 1821)62
Yellow-billed malkohaRhamphococcyx calyorhynchus (Temminck, 1825)63
Chestnut-breasted malkohaPhaenicophaeus curvirostris (Shaw, 1810)64
Red-faced malkohaPhaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus (Pennant, 1769)65
Chestnut-bellied malkohaPhaenicophaeus sumatranus (Raffles, 1822)66
Blue-faced malkohaPhaenicophaeus viridirostris (Jerdon, 1840)67
Black-bellied malkohaPhaenicophaeus diardi (Lesson, RP, 1830)68
Green-billed malkohaPhaenicophaeus tristis (Lesson, RP, 1830)69
Rough-crested malkohaDasylophus superciliosus (Dumont, 1823)70
Scale-feathered malkohaDasylophus cumingi (Fraser, 1839)71
Chestnut-winged cuckooClamator coromandus (Linnaeus, 1766)72
Great spotted cuckooClamator glandarius (Linnaeus, 1758)73
Levaillant's cuckooClamator levaillantii (Swainson, 1829)74
Jacobin cuckooClamator jacobinus (Boddaert, 1783)75
Little cuckooCoccycua minuta (Vieillot, 1817)76
Dwarf cuckooCoccycua pumila (Strickland, 1852)76
Ash-colored cuckooCoccycua cinerea (Vieillot, 1817)78
Squirrel cuckooPiaya cayana (Linnaeus, 1766)79
Black-bellied cuckooPiaya melanogaster (Vieillot, 1817)80
Dark-billed cuckooCoccyzus melacoryphus Vieillot, 181781
Yellow-billed cuckooCoccyzus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758)82
Pearly-breasted cuckooCoccyzus euleri Cabanis, 187383
Mangrove cuckooCoccyzus minor (Gmelin, JF, 1788)84
Cocos cuckooCoccyzus ferrugineus Gould, 184385
Black-billed cuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus (Wilson, A, 1811)86
Grey-capped cuckooCoccyzus lansbergi Bonaparte, 185087
Chestnut-bellied cuckooCoccyzus pluvialis (Gmelin, JF, 1788)88
Bay-breasted cuckooCoccyzus rufigularis Hartlaub, 185289
Jamaican lizard cuckooCoccyzus vetula (Linnaeus, 1758)90
Great lizard cuckooCoccyzus merlini (d'Orbigny, 1839)91
Puerto Rican lizard cuckooCoccyzus vieilloti (Bonaparte, 1850)92
Hispaniolan lizard cuckooCoccyzus longirostris (Hermann, 1783)93
Thick-billed cuckooPachycoccyx audeberti (Schlegel, 1879)94
Dwarf koelMicrodynamis parva (Salvadori, 1876)95
Asian koelEudynamys scolopaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)96
Black-billed koelEudynamys melanorhynchus Müller, S, 184397
Pacific koelEudynamys orientalis (Linnaeus, 1766)98
Pacific long-tailed cuckooUrodynamis taitensis (Sparrman, 1787)99
Channel-billed cuckooScythrops novaehollandiae Latham, 1790100
Asian emerald cuckooChrysococcyx maculatus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)101
Violet cuckooChrysococcyx xanthorhynchus (Horsfield, 1821)102
Diederik cuckooChrysococcyx caprius (Boddaert, 1783)103
Klaas's cuckooChrysococcyx klaas (Stephens, 1815)104
Yellow-throated cuckooChrysococcyx flavigularis Shelley, 1880105
African emerald cuckooChrysococcyx cupreus (Shaw, 1792)106
Long-billed cuckooChrysococcyx megarhynchus (Gray, GR, 1858)107
Horsfield's bronze cuckooChrysococcyx basalis (Horsfield, 1821)108
Black-eared cuckooChrysococcyx osculans (Gould, 1847)109
Rufous-throated bronze cuckooChrysococcyx ruficollis (Salvadori, 1876)110
Shining bronze cuckooChrysococcyx lucidus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)111
White-eared bronze cuckooChrysococcyx meyerii Salvadori, 1874112
Little bronze cuckooChrysococcyx minutillus Gould, 1859113
Pallid cuckooCacomantis pallidus (Latham, 1801)114
White-crowned cuckooCacomantis leucolophus (Müller, S, 1840)115
Chestnut-breasted cuckooCacomantis castaneiventris (Gould, 1867)116
Fan-tailed cuckooCacomantis flabelliformis (Latham, 1801)117
Banded bay cuckooCacomantis sonneratii (Latham, 1790)118
Plaintive cuckooCacomantis merulinus (Scopoli, 1786)119
Grey-bellied cuckooCacomantis passerinus (Vahl, 1797)120
Brush cuckooCacomantis variolosus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)121
Rusty-breasted cuckooCacomantis sepulcralis (Müller, S, 1843)122
Moluccan cuckooCacomantis aeruginosus Salvadori, 1878123
Dusky long-tailed cuckooCercococcyx mechowi Cabanis, 1882124
Olive long-tailed cuckooCercococcyx olivinus Sassi, 1912125
Barred long-tailed cuckooCercococcyx montanus Chapin, 1928126
Philippine drongo-cuckooSurniculus velutinus Sharpe, 1877127
Square-tailed drongo-cuckooSurniculus lugubris (Horsfield, 1821)128
Fork-tailed drongo-cuckooSurniculus dicruroides (Hodgson, 1839)129
Moluccan drongo-cuckooSurniculus musschenbroeki Meyer, AB, 1878130
Moustached hawk-cuckooHierococcyx vagans (Müller, S, 1845)131
Large hawk-cuckooHierococcyx sparverioides (Vigors, 1832)132
Dark hawk-cuckooHierococcyx bocki Wardlaw-Ramsay, RG, 1886133
Common hawk-cuckooHierococcyx varius (Vahl, 1797)134
Northern hawk-cuckooHierococcyx hyperythrus (Gould, 1856)135
Philippine hawk-cuckooHierococcyx pectoralis Cabanis & Heine, 1863136
Malaysian hawk-cuckooHierococcyx fugax (Horsfield, 1821)137
Hodgson's hawk-cuckooHierococcyx nisicolor (Blyth, 1843)138
Black cuckooCuculus clamosus Latham, 1801139
Red-chested cuckooCuculus solitarius Stephens, 1815140
Lesser cuckooCuculus poliocephalus Latham, 1790141
Sulawesi cuckooCuculus crassirostris (Walden, 1872)142
Indian cuckooCuculus micropterus Gould, 1838143
Madagascar cuckooCuculus rochii Hartlaub, 1863144
African cuckooCuculus gularis Stephens, 1815145
Himalayan cuckooCuculus saturatus Blyth, 1843146
Oriental cuckooCuculus optatus Gould, 1845147
Sunda cuckooCuculus lepidus Müller, S, 1845148
Common cuckooCuculus canorus Linnaeus, 1758149
St. Helena cuckooNannococcyx psix Olson, 1975 (E)150

References

  1. Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (January 2024). "Turacos, bustards, cuckoos, mesites, sandgrouse". IOC World Bird List. v 14.1. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
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